KELLEYS ISLAND, Ohio, June 9 (UPI) -- Researchers said the Lake Erie water snake has made a comeback and may soon be taken off the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's threatened list.
Richard King, a Northern Illinois University researcher who began studying the Lake Erie water snake in 1979, said a recent roundup of snakes resulted in the capture of more snakes in one day than they would find in a week a decade ago, The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland said Monday.